Lawrence Kasdan

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Lawrence Edward Larry Kasdan born January 14 1949 is an American film producer director and screenwriter He is best known as cowriter of the films The Empire Strikes Back Raiders of the Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi Kasdan cowrote the Star Wars sequel trilogy film Star Wars The Force Awakens as well as the series Han Solo spinoff film He has been nominated for three Oscars twice for Best Original Screenplay for The Big Chill and Grand Canyon and once for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Accidental Tourist He is the father of directors Jake Kasdan and Jon Kasdan and the fatherinlaw of musician Inara George Description above from the Wikipedia article Lawrence Kasdan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia